{"id":7087,"date":"2014-10-02T21:52:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T01:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7087"},"modified":"2014-10-03T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T13:37:19","slug":"fan-confidence-precipitous-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7087","title":{"rendered":"Fan Confidence: Precipitous Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fan-confidence-week-6.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=7090\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fan-confidence-week-6.jpg?fit=598%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"598,373\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fan confidence week 6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fan-confidence-week-6.jpg?fit=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fan-confidence-week-6.jpg?fit=598%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7090\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fan-confidence-week-6.jpg?resize=598%2C373\" alt=\"fan confidence week 6\" width=\"598\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fan-confidence-week-6.jpg?w=598&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fan-confidence-week-6.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Woo boy, that Delaware put a bit of a dent in fan confidence. Only 19.1% of poll respondents this week thought that the Dukes\u00a0will make the playoffs. Considering JMU now has 3 losses, it probably means they need to go 6-1 down the stretch to get a bid. So it&#8217;s not exactly pessimistic to believe that the Dukes won&#8217;t go on that sort of a run. But it&#8217;s still a little bit depressing that nearly 4 out of every 5 poll voters think the Dukes are playing for next season already.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7087&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woo boy, that Delaware put a bit of a dent in fan confidence. Only 19.1% of poll respondents this week thought that the Dukes\u00a0will make the playoffs. Considering JMU now has 3 losses, it probably means they need to go 6-1 down the stretch to get a bid. So it&#8217;s not exactly pessimistic to believe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6914,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6914","url_meta":{"origin":7087,"position":0},"title":"JMU Fan Confidence After Week 1","date":"September 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=8280544]Last week we kicked of our new fan confidence poll and asked readers if they thought JMU was playoff bound. A resounding 84% of poll respondents said \"yes\" the Dukes will make the playoffs. Now we're one game into the season and the Dukes are coming off a pretty\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6925,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6925","url_meta":{"origin":7087,"position":1},"title":"Fan Confidence Poll: What a Difference a Week Makes","date":"September 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We're in just our second week of our brand new experiment to gauge JMU fan confidence. We've asked the same question, \"Are the Dukes Playoff Bound?\", twice now. Once before the Maryland game, and once after. 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If the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6973,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6973","url_meta":{"origin":7087,"position":4},"title":"Fan Confidence Slightly Up Heading into St. Francis Game","date":"September 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We saw a slight uptick in fan confidence among poll voters after the comeback win over Lehigh. 60% of respondents thought the Dukes were playoff bound. Only 56% believed the same thing heading into the game in Bethlehem. That makes perfect sense to me. The Dukes did some stuff very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Confidence Week 3","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Confidence-Week-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7067,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7067","url_meta":{"origin":7087,"position":5},"title":"Fan Confidence Poll: Week 6","date":"September 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=8341482]Another week and another CAA loss for the Dukes. Last week barely over 50% of voters thought postseason play was in the cards for JMU. 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